8 Ways to Improve Your Home in the New Year

As the colder season is here, you’ll probably be in your home for more time than you were over the summer months. Often, this can lead you to feel like you need to make some significant changes to your home. However, don’t despair. There are some small things that you can do to make your home look better and not seem so tight while you’re cooped up inside. Even better, you can perform many of these tasks over the weekend to make your home cozier.

Tidy Up and Donate

EuroMaids knows one of the biggest things that can drive you a bit stir-crazy when you’re at home is having too much clutter around. It’s often a good idea to go through all of your items and get rid of what you don’t need. Take it to your local donation center, check around with friends and family who may need it, or sell it.

Bookcases and Shelving Units

An area that you may overlook is your bookcase and shelving unit when it comes to getting organized. Rearranging the books on your shelves or your nick-knacks can help to make your space feel fresh again.

Redecorate Your Bathroom

Your bathroom is an area of your home that often gets overlooked but can give you the feeling of being in a luxury spa with just a few redecoration ideas. Even something as small as a new shower curtain in bright colors can make your bathroom pop. Add in some fresh plush towels, towel warmer rack, aromatherapy machine, or other luxury items to evoke the feeling of a spa — the perfect place for you to relax.

Don’t Ignore Your Walls

Your artwork is another way to refresh your home. Freshen up your wall art with new prints. You can even frame original artwork done by you or your kids to personalize your home. A great way to save money when it comes to wall art is checking out your local thrift store. You can often find great paintings and pictures to hang at a discount price. If you have artwork you want to frame, you can save on frames at the thrift store by repurposing them.

Update Your Lighting

Lighting can make your home feel warmer and cozier during darker winter days and at night. Updating your lighting by adding additional light sources in your home, such as adding another lamp on your side table to go along with the ceiling lighting. Another option you have is changing up your light shades. Lamps can often be expensive to replace, so just changing the shade can be an excellent way to change your home up for the winter. A lampshade in a lighter color will allow more light to be diffused into your room.

Add Some Plants

Plants are excellent for making your home more comfortable around the year. They are great in winter time as they help provide you with more oxygen and give you some greenery to enjoy. You can either go for plants that are pretty, or you can go or plants that offer a function. For instance, you can grow a windowsill garden of herbs that you can use for cooking. Check with your local garden center or DIY store to learn more about what plants will work best for your gardening skill level.

Fresh Paint

It’s amazing how bright and fresh a room can look just by putting up a new coat of paint. The paint gives you a clean surface and often smooths out any dents or issues. You can even make a room appear bigger by painting it in a lighter color, such as a yellow or white.

Reorganize Your Furniture

If it’s been a while since you’ve moved your furniture around in a new configuration, it’s probably time to do so. This option is another way to breathe fresh life into your home and change things up. Plus, it forces you to clean all the dust bunnies from under your furniture that have been there since your last deep clean.

Which brings up to another option available to you to help your home feel more comfortable during the winter months is to invest in a cleaning service. Euro Maids of Naperville can help you tackle your home cleaning needs. Let us help you beat the winter blues. Contact us today!